1994–95 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United

1994–95 season
Chairman	Terry Brown
Manager	Harry Redknapp
Stadium	Boleyn Ground
Premiership	14th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Cottee (13) All: Cottee (15)
Highest home attendance	24,783 vs Manchester United (14 May 1995, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	13,553 vs Walsall (5 Oct 1994, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	20,118
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

During the 1994–95 English football season, West Ham United F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Before the season started, the West Ham board of directors heard speculation that assistant manager Harry Redknapp was about to be offered his old job as Bournemouth manager. They reacted by dismissing manager Billy Bonds and promoting Redknapp to the manager's seat. Redknapp then earned the instant admiration of the Upton Park faithful by signing Don Hutchison and re-signing striker Tony Cottee, who returned to the club after six years at Everton. Redknapp also strengthened the squad over the next months by bringing in Julian Dicks, Les Sealey and Stan Lazaridis.

The Hammers spent much of the season battling against relegation, but a good run of form during the final month pulled them up to a secure 14th-place finish.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Blackburn Rovers (C)	42	27	8	7	80	39	+41	89	1995–96 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Manchester United	42	26	10	6	77	28	+49	88	1995–96 UEFA Cup First round
3	Nottingham Forest	42	22	11	9	72	43	+29	77
4	Liverpool	42	21	11	10	65	37	+28	74
5	Leeds United	42	20	13	9	59	38	+21	73
6	Newcastle United	42	20	12	10	67	47	+20	72
7	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	14	12	66	58	+8	62
8	Queens Park Rangers	42	17	9	16	61	59	+2	60
9	Wimbledon	42	15	11	16	48	65	−17	56
10	Southampton	42	12	18	12	61	63	−2	54
11	Chelsea	42	13	15	14	50	55	−5	54
12	Arsenal	42	13	12	17	52	49	+3	51
13	Sheffield Wednesday	42	13	12	17	49	57	−8	51
14	West Ham United	42	13	11	18	44	48	−4	50
15	Everton	42	11	17	14	44	51	−7	50	1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round ^1
16	Coventry City	42	12	14	16	44	62	−18	50
17	Manchester City	42	12	13	17	53	64	−11	49
18	Aston Villa	42	11	15	16	51	56	−5	48
19	Crystal Palace (R)	42	11	12	19	34	49	−15	45	Relegation to 1995–96 Football League First Division
20	Norwich City (R)	42	10	13	19	37	54	−17	43
21	Leicester City (R)	42	6	11	25	45	80	−35	29
22	Ipswich Town (R)	42	7	6	29	36	93	−57	27

Updated to games played on 14 May 1995.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Everton qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup winners.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	13	11	18	44	48	−4	50	9	6	6	28	19	+9	4	5	12	16	29	−13

Source: Statto

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H
Result	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	D
Position	13	18	19	21	19	17	19	15	13	14	12	14	14	14	17	17	18	19	17	18	18	16	16	19	20	19	20	20	20	19	19	18	19	18	20	17	18	16	15	16	13	14

Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

West Ham United's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1994	Leeds United	H	0-0	18,610
24 August 1994	Manchester City	A	0-3	19,150
27 August 1994	Norwich City	A	0-1	19,110
31 August 1994	Newcastle United	H	1-3	17,375	Hutchison (pen)
10 September 1994	Liverpool	A	0-0	30,907
17 September 1994	Aston Villa	H	1-0	18,326	Cottee
25 September 1994	Arsenal	H	0-2	18,495
2 October 1994	Chelsea	A	2-1	18,696	Allen, Moncur
8 October 1994	Crystal Palace	H	1-0	16,959	Hutchison
15 October 1994	Manchester United	A	0-1	43,795
22 October 1994	Southampton	H	2-0	18,853	Rush, Allen
29 October 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-3	26,271	Rush
1 November 1994	Everton	A	0-1	28,353
5 November 1994	Leicester City	H	1-0	18,780	Dicks (pen)
19 November 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-1	25,300
26 November 1994	Coventry City	H	0-1	17,251
4 December 1994	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-2	12,780	Boere
10 December 1994	Leeds United	A	2-2	28,987	Boere (2)
17 December 1994	Manchester City	H	3-0	17,286	Cottee (3)
26 December 1994	Ipswich Town	H	1-1	20,562	Cottee
28 December 1994	Wimbledon	A	0-1	11,212
31 December 1994	Nottingham Forest	H	3-1	20,664	Holmes, Hughes, Cottee
2 January 1995	Blackburn Rovers	A	2-4	25,503	Cottee, Dicks
14 January 1995	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-2	24,578	Boere
23 January 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-2	14,554
4 February 1995	Leicester City	A	2-1	20,375	Cottee, Dicks (pen)
13 February 1995	Everton	H	2-2	21,081	Cottee (2)
18 February 1995	Coventry City	A	0-2	17,563
25 February 1995	Chelsea	H	1-2	21,500	Hutchison
5 March 1995	Arsenal	A	1-0	36,295	Hutchison
8 March 1995	Newcastle United	A	0-2	34,595
11 March 1995	Norwich City	H	2-2	21,464	Cottee (2)
15 March 1995	Southampton	A	1-1	15,178	Hutchison
18 March 1995	Aston Villa	A	2-0	28,682	Moncur, Hutchison
8 April 1995	Nottingham Forest	A	1-1	28,361	Dicks
13 April 1995	Wimbledon	H	3-0	21,804	Boere, Dicks (pen), Cottee
17 April 1995	Ipswich Town	A	1-1	18,882	Boere
30 April 1995	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-0	24,202	Hutchison, Rieper
3 May 1995	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-0	22,923
6 May 1995	Crystal Palace	A	0-1	18,224
10 May 1995	Liverpool	H	3-0	22,446	Hutchison (2), Holmes
14 May 1995	Manchester United	H	1-1	24,783	Hughes

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1995	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2-0	9,007	Brown, Cottee
R4	28 January 1995	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-1	17,694

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	20 September 1994	Walsall	A	1-2	5,994	Ntamark (own goal)
R2 2nd Leg	5 October 1994	Walsall	H	2-0 (won 3-2 on agg)	13,553	Hutchison, Moncur
R3	26 October 1994	Chelsea	H	1-0	18,815	Hutchison
R4	30 November 1994	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-3	18,190	Cottee

Squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Luděk Mikloško 2 DF Tim Breacker 3 DF Julian Dicks (captain) 4 DF Steve Potts (vice-captain) 5 DF Alvin Martin 6 MF Martin Allen 7 MF Ian Bishop 8 DF Marc Rieper 9 FW Trevor Morley 10 MF John Moncur 11 MF Matty Holmes 12 DF Keith Rowland 14 MF Matthew Rush

No. Position Player 15 DF Kenny Brown 16 FW Dieter Eckstein (on loan from Schalke) 17 MF Michael Hughes (on loan from Strasbourg) 18 DF Simon Webster 20 MF Danny Williamson 21 GK Ian Feuer 22 DF Adrian Whitbread 23 MF Dale Gordon 24 MF Paul Mitchell 25 FW Jeroen Boere 26 MF Don Hutchison[3] 27 FW Tony Cottee 30 GK Les Sealey

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 3 DF David Burrows (to Everton) 8 MF Peter Butler (to Notts County) 16 FW Lee Chapman (to Ipswich Town)

No. Position Player 17 FW Steve Jones (to Bournemouth) 19 FW Mike Marsh (to Coventry City) 28 MF Matt Holland[4] (to Bournemouth)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player DF Jamie Victory MF Scott Canham

No. Position Player FW Lee Hodges FW Mark Watson

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
22 June 1994	MF	Joey Beauchamp	Oxford United	£1,000,000
24 June 1994	MF	John Moncur	Swindon Town	£900,000
17 August 1994	DF	Adrian Whitbread	Swindon Town	£500,000
30 August 1994	MF	Don Hutchison	Liverpool	£1,500,000
7 September 1994	FW	Tony Cottee	Everton	Transfer
28 November 1994	GK	Les Sealey	Blackpool	Free transfer
6 May 1995	FW	Mark Watson	Sutton United	Signed
13 May 1995	DF	Marc Rieper	Brøndby	£1,100,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
31 May 1994	DF	Tony Gale	Wealdstone	Free transfer
18 August 1994	MF	Joey Beauchamp	Swindon Town	£850,000
6 September 1994	DF	David Burrows	Everton	Transfer
4 October 1994	MF	Peter Butler	Notts County	£350,000
21 October 1994	FW	Steve Jones	Bournemouth	£150,000
30 December 1994	FW	Mike Marsh	Coventry City	£450,000
19 January 1995	FW	Lee Chapman	Ipswich Town	£70,000
25 April 1995	MF	Matt Holland	Bournemouth	Free transfer

Transfers in: £5,000,000

Transfers out: £1,870,000

Total spending: £3,130,000

References

1. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/west-ham-united/1994-1995/results
2. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1994-1995/faprem/westham.htm
3. Hutchison was born in Gateshead, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally.
4. Holland was born in Bury, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally.